Montgomery man sentenced to 30 years in prison for role in 2008 robbery, slaying

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A Montgomery man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his part in a November 2008 home invasion that resulted in police shooting and killing one of his accomplices, according to The Montgomery Advertiser.

Samuel Giles participated in the armed robbery of a townhouse at 654 North Pass Road in 2008 where he and three others had guns and rifles and tied up seven people with duct tape, the report says. When one accomplice raised a gun, police fired and killed a 16-year-old accomplice.

Giles received a 30-year sentence from Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Charles Price after pleading guilty to felony murder, according to the report.